Indian Legal System > Civil Laws > Family Laws > The Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956
- Hindu by Birth
- Jainism
- Sikhism
- Buddhism
- Cults and Movements in Hinduism
- Conversion to Hinduism
- Reconversion to Hinduism
- Hindu by Declaration
- Any Person Who is Not a Christian, Parsi, Jew or Muslim by Religion
Chapter – I (Preliminary)
- Objectives of the Act
- Enactment of the Act
- Extent of the Act
Applicability of the Act (Ss. 2 – 4)
- Applicable to Hindus Only
- When Both Parents are Hindu
- When One Parent is a Hindu
- Whose Parentage is Not Known But Brought Up as Hindu
- Meaning of Customs and Usage
- Overriding Effect of the Act
Chapter – II (Adoption)
- What is Adoption?
- Objectives of Adoption
- Reasons for Adoption in Modern Times
Conditions for Valid Adoption (Ss. 5 and 6)
- Sections 5 and 6 Bare Act Provisions
- Prospective Nature of the Act (S. 5)
- The Conditions of Valid Adoption (S. 6)
Adoption by a Hindu Male (S. 7)
- Major Hindu and Soundness of Mind
- Consent of Wife (If Married)
- Wife Consent When Not Necessary
Adoption by a Hindu Female (S. 8)
- Adoption by Unmarried Hindu Female
- Adoption by Married Hindu Female
- Adoption by Widow Hindu Female
- Adoption by Wife of Void or Voidable Marriage
- Adoption by Divorced Wife
- Widow’s Right to Adopt in Presence of Daughter In Law
Who May give a Child in Adoption? (S. 9)
- Father’s Capacity to Give in Adoption
- Mother’s Capacity to Give In Adoption
- Guardian’s Capacity to Give Child in Adoption
- Court’s Satisfaction
- Jurisdiction of Court
- Child Must be Hindu
- No Previous Adoption
- Only Unmarried Child can Be Adopted
- Effects of Customs and Usage
Restrictive Conditions for Adoption (S. 11)
- Adoption of a Son
- Adoption of a Daughter
- Age Difference Between Adopter and Adoptee
- Simultaneous Adoption
- Ceremonies of Adoption
- The Burden of Proof
- Relation of Adoptee With Adoptive Family
- Relation of Adoptee With Biological Family
- Rights of Adoptee in Adoptive Family
- Rights of Adoptee in Biological Family
- Effect of Adoptee on Rights of Adoptive Family
Upcoming Topics
- Section 13. Right of adoptive parents to dispose of their properties
- Section 15. Valid adoption not to be cancelled-
- Section 16 Presumption as to registered documents relating to adoption
- Section 17 Prohibition of certain payments-
- Section 30. Savings
Maintenance
- 18. Maintenance of wife
- 19. Maintenance of widowed daughter-in-law
- 20. Maintenance of children and aged parents
- 21. Dependents defined-
- 22. Maintenance of dependents
- 23. Amount of maintenance
- 24. Claimant to maintenance should be a Hindu
- 25. Amount of maintenance may be altered on change of circumstances-
- 26. Debts to have priority
- 27. Maintenance when to be a charge
- 28. Effect of transfer of property on right or maintenance-